Toys for Imagination & Pretend Play

The BAVVIC builder set is the heart and soul of the BAVVIC universe. Comprising 48 exquisitely crafted pieces, this set is the epitome of functionality and limitless creativity.  Key Features: Unleash the Builder Within: This set isn't just about playing; it's about realizing your potential as a builder. Whether you're crafting intricate designs or embarking on grand adventures, the BAVVIC builder set is your trusted companion. A Canvas for Your Imagination: With the BAVVIC builder set, your creative horizons are boundless. Show the world your unique vision and let your creations speak for themselves. Inclusivity at its Best: BAVVIC's ethos is clear: creativity is universal. Regardless of age, gender, individual differences, or additional needs  everyone has a story to tell, a structure to build. Holistic Development: Beyond the sheer joy of creation, BAVVIC champions growth. From honing cognitive and motor skills to nurturing spatial imagination, problem-solving, and creative thinking, the benefits are vast and varied. Strengthening Bonds and Skills: Engaging with BAVVIC over time not only sharpens focus but also promotes cooperation and nurtures social relationship-building skills. It's a set that bridges generations, ensuring that both the young and the young-at-heart can revel in its magic.   Set contains: 20 wooden elements (8 cm x 8 cm) and 28 silicone connectors (4 cm x 4 cm) Recommended from 3 years+

The BAVVIC starter set is where your creative journey begins. Whether you're taking your first steps into the world of building or searching for a meaningful gift, this set is your perfect match.  Key Features: A Perfect Beginning: With 32 pieces, the BAVVIC starter set offers just the right amount to ignite the spark of creativity. It's not just a toy; it's the beginning of a beautiful journey. Gift of Imagination: Ideal for both young and old, this set promises to warm hands and hearts alike. Dive into a world where imagination and unique constructions come to life. Inclusivity at its Core: BAVVIC champions the belief that creativity knows no bounds. Regardless of age, gender, individual differences, or additional needs like sensory disorders, everyone deserves a canvas to paint their dreams. Skill Development Galore: Beyond the joy of creation, BAVVIC is a tool for holistic growth. From cognitive abilities and motor skills to spatial imagination, problem-solving, and creative thinking, the benefits are manifold. Building Bonds: Prolonged engagement with BAVVIC not only hones concentration but also fosters cooperation and social relationship-building skills. It's a toy that transcends age, ensuring that both the young and the young-at-heart can revel in its magic.   Set contains: 14 wooden elements (8 cm x 8 cm) and 18 silicone connectors (4 cm x 4 cm) Recommended from 3 years+

Who doesn't love the smell of fresh bread and pastries? This wooden food cutting set features a selection of tasty bakery treats waiting to be chopped up. Included are a wooden croissant, doughnut, bread bun as well as a wooden knive, cutting board and a crate for storage and play. This would make a great addition to a play kitchen or home corner set up. Food cutting play sets are a firm favourite with toddlers and a great resource to practise valuable life skills. This pretend play set assists with: Hand-Eye coordination Fine motor skills Language development Selfhelp skills Specifications Crate 14.5 x 18 x 5 cm Recommended from 18 mths+ Brand Bigjigs Check out our other sets: Fruit Cutting Food Cutting Vegetable Cutting Breakfast Food Cutting

The chunky wooden stacking blocks create four different puzzles. It can be used as a stacker on its base or as a stand alone block puzzle. A great introduction to puzzles, developing coordination, pattern matching skills and problem solving. Pets: guinea pig, cat, dog, rabbit Transport: train, plane, car, tractor Size: 14 x 15 x 5 cm Recommended from 12 mths+

Are you ready to take on the challenge of being a little architect? With Djeco's Archilogic game, you get to rebuild the skyscrapers of a major city. But, there's a twist - you have to make sure you don't block the residents' view. How do you do that? By strategically placing 8 of the 10 puzzle pieces horizontally or vertically, with only 1 possible solution per challenge. With 50 challenges of increasing difficulty levels, this game offers a fun and engaging way to develop your spatial reasoning and problem-solving skills. And don't worry, if you get stuck, solutions to the challenges are provided in the booklet. Contents: 25 cards, 10 wooden pieces and 1 set of game rules in 10 languages. Players: 1 Player. Aim of the game: Recreate the skyline on the chosen card with the 8 building pieces, without blocking any of the residents' view. Recommended from 5 yrs+

Djeco's modern, open plan City House Dollhouse with a rooftop patio and pool, will inspire hours of independent make-believe play. Influenced by contemporary architecture, the Cubic House is colourful and bright while remaining uncluttered. The dollhouse comes with a 20-piece furniture set, including a dining table and chairs, toilet, bed, and rooftop pool.  Playing with dollhouses and small figures helps your kids act out their feelings and fears in a miniature world all their own. The Djeco City House Dollhouse boosts language development, fine motor skills, and creative thinking, and is great for hours of independent play.  recommended for ages 4 years and up measures 32 x 36 x 23 cm includes a 20-piece furniture set please note: dolls and additional furniture are not included made from wood and plexiglass

A fantastic game featuring different sized wooden sticks that children place on one of the 12 cards to recreate shapes and pictures. A great problem-solving game. Learn about sizes and practice your counting. Each Eduludo set is highly educational and corresponds to a specific learning process in order to assist in a child's development.  Size: 20 x 20 cm Recommended from 5 yrs+

The Djeco Geoform Set comes with 42 colourful magnetic pieces that can be used to create all sorts of different imaginative designs. Play on any magnetic surface or within the magnetic carry case. Comes complete with 24 cards to start you off with some ideas and a wooden magnetic storage case. Size: 30 x 30 x 4.5 cm Recommended from 4 yrs+

It’s time to go shopping. Can you remember where the items from your shopping list are hiding. To find the 4 items on the shopping list, you'll have to visit the different shops and count on your memory! An introductory game of memory and chance for younger children. A quick and simple game for cooperative play. Contents: 4 “shop” boards, 4 shopping lists, 16 double-sided tokens (with an “item” side and a “shop” side).  Players: 2-4 Players. Time: 10 Minutes. Aim of the game: Be the first to complete your shopping list. Recommended from 3 - 6 yrs

Djeco's Zig & Go Sets are a great introduction to STEM concepts such as gravity, force and momentum. The sets explore how a mixture of concepts can create a chain reaction.  This 45 piece set with wooden dominoes, balls and other components will inspire creativity and build skills like perseverance, STEM problem solving and critical thinking.  This set can be combined with other Zig & Go sets to create bigger circuits. Recommended from 8 yrs+

Freckled Frog 's Children Around the World is a brightly coloured wooden people set. It represents children from many different cultures and backgrounds. Made up of 18 wooden children of diverse backgrounds from around the world. Made from high-quality materials, they are perfect for role-playing and storytelling as well as open ended play. Freckled Frog's Children around the world is a great addition to any play set. Let children discover different cultures, languages, families, appearances and lifestyles. The beautifully illustrated multicultural children set is printed using non-toxic heat transfer technology and sealed with a clear matte varnish to ensure they stay looking as good as the day you buy them. Specifications: 18 children from around the world in each set. Made from FSC certified New Zealand Pine. Recommended from 12 mths+. Around 6 cm high and 2 cm thick. Check out the other products in our Freckled Frog range here.

Happy Architect Create and Play is an open ended building set featuring a blackboard surface on one side. As a result, children are encouraged to use their imagination. Allowing for addditional creativity through drawing or writing for example. There are no instructions, just your imagination so get ready to build and create. Practice your fine motor skills when sliding the building pieces together. There are many different possibilities which allow children to come up with different ways to use the Create and Play pieces over and over again. It's easy to see why this set is a brilliant choice for open ended, imaginative and pretend play. The Create and Play set includes a variety of different shaped wooden pieces, some featuring windows or doors and some being solid. Why not combine the Happy Architect Ceate and Play with some other Happy Architect products for even more imaginative play? Check out our full Freckled Frog range here. Specifications: 28 Create and Play pieces in each set. Chalkboard surface on one side. Largest piece measures 15 cm wide x 24.5 cm high. Made using FSC certified Birch plywood. Compatible with other Happy Architect products. Suitable for children aged 2 years and over. Early STEM Resource (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) Storage Tip: Sit the individual pieces into a plate rack to neatly store them out of the way but keeping them visible and ready for more play.

Freckled Frog's My Town Vehicle Set consists of 10 beautifully crafted, colourful wooden vehicles. It completes any small world or playscape. Featuring a varieties of vehicles found in our community, each are smooth and lightweight, designed to be easily grasped by little fingers. Children are encouraged to create imaginative scenarios and embark on exciting adventures, whether they’re racing cars, delivering goods with trucks, or ​​flying high into space on a rocket ship, the possibilities for storytelling are endless.   The wooden vehicles are designed to be easily manipulated by little hands. As children engage in play, they enhance their fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and finger dexterity.   This is an excellent set to promote creative and imaginative play. Images are printed double-sided using non-toxic heat transfer technology and sealed with a clear matt varnish to ensure they last for years to come. Specifications: 10-piece set.  Made with FSC-certified New Zealand pine.  Smallest piece 7.6cm wide, largest piece – 12.8 cm wide. Smallest piece 6.9cm high  – largest piece 13.2 cm high.  For children 1 year and over. 

The Happy Architect Emergency is a wooden building set which encourages creative and imaginative play. The colourful, open-ended building set contains 20 pieces that represent the world of emergency services. It includes a police station, fire station, jail, hospital, emergency vehicles, wooden people, generously sized police car, ambulance and firetruck. The Emergency Set is designed to be lightweight therefore making it greaat for children to practice their fine motor skills. It encourages a sense of accomplishment as well as nurturing social and emotional development.  Combine the Happy Architect Emergency with other Happy Architect products for even more imaginative play. You can find the full Freckled Frog range here. Specifications: 20 sturdy wooden pieces. Largest building is 30 cm x 15 cm, largest vehicle is 3 cm thick x 11 cm high and wooden people are 2 cm x 7 cm. Made using FSC Birch plywood and New Zealand pine. Printed using non toxic heat transfer technology which ensures years of playtime. Suitable from 2 yrs+ Storage Tip: Sit the individual pieces into a plate rack to neatly store them out of the way but keeping them visible and ready for more play.

The Happy Architect Farm is an open ended play set that encourages imagination and creativity. Included are a moving windmill, people, a tractor, a truck, fences, barn and a whole lot of farm animals. Practice your fine motor skills when sliding the individual pieces together. There are no instructions, just your imagination so get ready to build and play. The illustrated images on The Happy Architect Farm are printed using a non-toxic heat transfer technology and additionally sealed with a clear matte varnish so will stay vibrant for years to come. Combine the Farm Set with other Happy Architect products to encourage even more imaginative play. Additional products from the Freckled Frog range are available here. Specifications: 26 wooden pieces. Largest piece measures 15 cm wide x 33.5 cm high. Made with FSC natural wood Recommended from 2 yrs+ Compatible with other Happy Architect products. Storage Tip: Sit the individual farm building pieces into a plate rack to neatly store them out of the way but keeping them visible and ready for more play.  

The Happy Architect Natural is a creative, open-ended wooden building set that encourages children to use their imagination and creative thinking. This natural version is a brilliant resource for pretend play and to practice fine motor skills. There are no instructions, just your imagination so get ready to build and create. The Happy Architect Natural Building Set includes a variety of different shaped wooden pieces with some featuring windows or doors and some being solid. The individual pieces are easy to slot together in a variety of ways. This natural version can be combined with the other Happy Architect products for even more imaginative play. You can find the full Freckled Frog range here. Specifications: 28 wooden pieces per set. The largest piece measures 15 cm wide x 24.5 cm high. Made with FSC certified New Zealand Pine. Compatible with other Happy Architect products. Suitable for children aged 2 years+ Early STEM Resource (science, technology, engineering, mathematics). Storage Tip: Sit the individual pieces into a plate rack to neatly store them out of the way but keeping them visible and ready for more play. /

The Happy Architect Town includes 26 wooden pieces including a fire station, supermarket, post office, police station, library and school. Where are you going to visit today? Do you need to post a letter you wrote or is it a school day today? This Happy Architect town themed building set is made up of a variety of different shaped wooden pieces with some featuring windows or doors and some being solid. They are easily slotted together and the use of non-toxic heat transfer technology ensures it lasts for years to come. The Happy Architect Town promotes creativity and imaginative play while also developing fine motor skills. There are no instructions, just your imagination so get ready to build and play. Learning through play encourages the development of new skills and to grow without any pressure or set task.  Combine the Happy Architect Town with other Happy Architect products for even more imaginative play. You can find the full Freckled Frog range here. Specifications: 26 pieces in each set. Printed using heat transfer technology. Largest piece measures 30 x 15 cm, smallest piece measures 12.5 x 15 cm. Made using FSC certified Birch plywood. Compatible with other Happy Architect products. Suitable for children ages 2 years and over Storage Tip: Sit the individual pieces into a plate rack to neatly store them out of the way but keeping them visible and ready for more play.

The Village encourages imaginative play and is a great set for imaginative play. The set includes 10 small buildings, trees, vehicles and traffic lights to make your own little town. The thick but lightweight wooden blocks have been designed with little hands in mind and are easy to grasp. Illustrations are printed using non-toxic heat transfer technology and sealed with a clear matt varnish to ensure they last years of creative play. 20 piece set Made with FSC certified New Zealand pine Recommended from 18 mths+